Journalism 1, Yearbook, Newspaper Most of my staff and my intro class are working on feature writing (or refining their skills). Journalism 1’s goal is to get theirs published on www.therideronline.com for a 100 for the next grading period. Yearbook will use theirs, in some form, in the yearbook. Newspaper personality profiles are drafted and
Remembering Today, is a day I take off from yearbooking and just sit and talk about events of 9/11. I’ve included some discussion topics. I use the video about Falling Man. This interview is powerful because of how the photographer views his job as a photographer. Topics for 9/11 What I remember/Where I was How
Journalism 1 Today, I broke down paragraph by paragraph about how to write a feature story. I use a UIL prompt to select facts/quotes to use. I’ve attached the outline I use. Keys things Creative lead that catches attention Newspeg with a future event – written as concisely as possible Quote feelings and emotions Use
All Classes Today was a workday. I’m feeling behind in newspaper because stories are not coming in quickly. Yearbook is slow to create designs from inspiration and photo is running late in uploading photos from events. They needed time to work! But before work time, I read an email one of my yearbook students sent
Finally! After a brief break for Laws and Ethics, Journalism 1 is writing a story. Journalism 1 Today, we did a short recap (using Jenny Deadline) on law and ethics. I’m not sure where I got this comic. I’ve been using it for years. I’m horrible, sorry. It’s a great class opener for discussion. Well,
Again, the first six-weeks is all about drilling procedures and policies. Photojournalism I had editors cover how to save photos to the server. Each photographer emails me their assignment, three best photos, weekly. (listed below). I’ll check for correct file name, make suggestions on how to make each photo better and give them a “what
Journalism 1 Continuing journalism ethics and laws, today was about press rights, the First Amendment and looking at court cases that involve student media. www.splc.org has tons and lessons, handouts, quizzes, what ifs for discussion and so much more. Use this resource! Today I used https://splc.org/2019/09/media-law-presentation-press-freedom/ and have a Google Form with some simple questions
We’re working on building the master template in yearbook. See the video below on what’s going on in class. During this time, students are also looking for design inspiration.
Newspaper Today editors broke the class into smaller groups to go over basic story structures and read examples (both good and bad). Many students from Journalism 1 have a hard time getting started. This project always helps and builds confidence.
Journalism 1 Today began our discussion and lessons on journalism ethics. I have students read “Hacked Heaven” from The New Republic. This is the piece Stephen Glass fabricated in 1998. It’s also the article the movie “Shattered Glass” is based around. Then we watch the movie. Behind the Scenes During my conference period, I made